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polarizes

polarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of polarize.

Meaning of polarize

Verb

polarize (third-person singular simple present polarizes, present participle polarizing, simple past and past participle polarized)

  1. (US, transitive) To cause to have a polarization.
    • To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions.1979 August 11, Lisa Capaldini, “Lessons From History”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 4
  2. (US, transitive) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
    • The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.2022 April 26, Cara Lombardo, Meghan Bobrowsky, Georgia Wells, “Musk Strikes Deal to Buy Twitter”, in The Wall Street Journal, volume 279, number 96, Dow Jones & Company, News Corp, page 1

Forms of polarizes

alternative formpolarises

Questions about polarizes

What is polarizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Polarizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of polarize.

Words near polarizes in the dictionary

  1. polarize
  2. polarized
  3. polarized light
  4. polarizer
  5. polarizers
  6. polarizes
  7. polarizibility
  8. polarizing
  9. polarly
  10. polarogram
  11. polarograms

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